72 Baltic, SD June 9, 2021 Vince was born August 8, 1948, in Tyler, Minn., to parents Mandrup and Elienore (Ahlschlager) Myhre. He grew up in Minnesota and graduated from Balaton High School in 1966 where he played football and competed in high school rodeo. He then...
48 Hartford, SD June 4, 2021 Daniel Patrick Spisak, son of Ronald Spisak and Bonne (Wehrkamp) Spisak, was born July 14, 1972 in Sioux Falls. He spent his early childhood in Chester and later moved to Hartford. Dan graduated from West Central High School in 1990 and...
71 Sioux Falls, SD June 2, 2021 Claire was born in Jamestown, N.D. on February 6, 1950, to Dr. John and Fern (Rippee) Jansonius. She attended Jamestown Public Schools and graduated from Jamestown High School in 1968. Following high school, she attended the University...
63 Renner, SD May 29, 2021 Tony was born in Rochester, Minn., to his father Lloyd and mother Diane. His family included his brothers Jay, Jerry and David and his sisters Sandy and Holly. They moved to Sioux Falls when Tony was around six years old where he met his...
74 Baltic, SD June 1, 2021 Betty was born on July 23, 1946, to Arleigh and Jacoba (Van Holland) Brown. She attended country school near Harrisburg and graduated from Harrisburg High School in 1964. On August 21, 1964, she married Dennis Husman. They lived in...
68 Hartford, SD June 7, 2021 Duane Carey was born May 29, 1953, in Mitchell, to Leonard and Bessie (VanDer Lugt) Carey. He grew up near Spencer and graduated from Spencer High School. On June 23, 1990, he married Anita Schiddel in Orlando, Fla. They were blessed with...
63 Renner, SD May 29, 2021 Grateful for having shared his life are his wife, Marcene; five daughters, Keele Wrich and her husband, Matt, Hartford, Kiri Sells and her husband, Josh, Baltic, Kamille Callies and her husband, Nick, Hartford, Kortnei Van Ravenswaay and her...
99 Canton, SD (formerly Sioux Falls, SD) May 29, 2021 Donald Vern Burnett was born on January 2, 1922, in Brookings to Russell and Hattie (Brightwell) Burnett. He was raised and received his education in Westside, Iowa. Donald was united in marriage with Cleo Marie...
71 Sioux Falls, SD May 29, 2021 Leland Bachtell, son of Eugene and Helen (Stroman) Bachtell, was born April 13, 1950, in Sioux Falls. He graduated from Washington High School with the class of 1968. Lee then enlisted in the United States Navy until earning his...
46 Sioux Falls (formerly Hartford) May 21, 2021 Charity Stephenson was born on March 3, 1975, to Judy and David Stephenson in Brownwood, Texas. She attended school in Coleman, Texas and Novice, Texas. In 1990, Charity moved to South Dakota with her mother, stepfather...
64 Crooks, SD May 20, 2021 Kirk Lee Bracha, a.k.a. “Captain”, was born on July 2, 1956, to Anthony and Rita (Stemper) Bracha in Mitchell. Over the years, Kirk worked as a welder for many heavy equipment companies, including Woods Equipment and Diamond Mowers. Kirk was...
72 May 22, 2021 Sioux Falls, SD Dianne Louise Munk was born on May 20, 1949, to Eldon and Vera (Pfefferle) Munk in Sioux Falls. She grew up on a farm near Dell Rapids where she learned hard work and to love animals. After graduating from SDSU she moved to Sioux Falls...
89 Sioux Falls, SD May 22, 2021 Rhoda Joan Anderson was born on February 22, 1932, in Trent. She attended Trent high school and one year at Nettleton College. She was united in marriage to John Otten on June 1, 1952, in Dell Rapids and spent 65 amazing years...
90 Hartford, SD May 15, 2021 Ernest Charles Kroeger was born on August 18, 1930, to Otto and Augusta (Jordan) Kroeger, the youngest of nine children. He was raised on the family farm attending Pleasant Valley District school and then graduating from Hartford High. He...
89 Sioux Falls, SD (formerly Hartford and Dell Rapids) May 14, 2021 Jerry was born to Helmuth August and Elsie (Carls) Baade on Saturday, March 26, 1932, in Hartford. He attended Hartford Area Country Schools. In 1951, Jerry enlisted in the Navy and served in the...
73 Madison, SD May 16, 2021 David Harvey Mills was born on February 17, 1948, at Orange, N.J. to Dorothy Marguerite (nee Harvey) and Clarence (Ben) Mills. He was raised in East Orange near his paternal grandparents for the first 10 years of his life. Then his family...
72 Rural Baltic, SD May 4, 2021 Terry was born on March 3, 1949, to Herman and Ramona (Rempfer) Opp in Mobridge. He grew up in Isabel until moving with his family to Marion in 1960. He graduated from Marion High School in 1967 and attended Northern State in Aberdeen....
91 Dell Rapids, SD May 7, 2021 Stella was born on July 5, 1929, at Trent, the daughter of William and Mary (Majeres) Burkard. She grew up on the family farm southeast of Dell Rapids. She attended St. Mary School graduating in 1946. After high school she enrolled in...
60 Sioux Falls, SD May 6, 2021 Grateful for sharing his life are his mother, Marcella Cummings, of Sioux Falls; his children, Angela (Bruce) Letcher of Sioux Falls, Michael (Juliet Ried) Bergin of Sioux City, Iowa and Kathleen (Josh) Bergin of Sioux City, Iowa; 14...
81 Sioux Falls, SD May 6, 2021 Melvin Dwayne Dykstra was born on April 20, 1940, in Springfield to Edward and Eunice (Williamson) Dykstra. Eunice and Albert Werdin (Mel’s stepfather) moved the family to Sioux Falls where Melvin graduated from Washington High in 1958....